This last week my family came out for a quick trip to drop Dan off at the MTC. Posting these pictures kind of makes me sad cause I miss him already! We were lucky to have the fabulous Leah Wright take our pictures. I admire her work so much. It was SO cold that day that we took pictures! It was so nice to see my family and even better...I get to back to Oregon this weekend and see them again!
I think this is the best picture I have been able to capture of Tyson since we have been married! It was pure luck so dont expect it again anytime soon
This one not so much luck...I have been really lazy about blogging because really after sitting all day at a computer at work i dont really feel like coming home and plopping down in front of the computer again...But Tysons birthday was Mon. the 17th and here are a few pictures from the fairly uneventful day :( I was sick on his birthday and didnt even make him a birthday dinner, I felt like a horrible wife, and he also was at school late and had a basketball game, so to him it was just another day so I wanted to share a few reasons of why everyday with him is so special to me and why I love him. #1 I love that he gives me a hug and a kiss every morning before he leaves to work. #2 I love that he can always make me smile, even when i am raging mad at him. #3 I love how he is literally a human furnace and always lets me stick my freezing cold feet on him #4 I love that he always takes the garbage out to the curb, always! #5 I love how everytime we leave a hotel room, airplane, or anywhere that we are not at home he asks me atleast 50 times to make sure I got everything #6 I love when he shouts things from the other room in anger and excitment when watching sports even when nobody is around #7 I love how his sisters adore him (even though they may not admit it, i know they do) #8 I love how he wears his slippers and sweats anytime after 5 PM. #9 I love when he calls me sweetie. #10 I love how he can fit into his 3 little sisters AND his wifes clothes! And one of these days babe I am going to give you the best birthday surprise ever and fly you to Hawaii.....one day! I love you babe, Happy Birthday!
Logan Bridal Shower
YAY! FINALLY! I had been trying to sell my car for months! And Finally I sold it last tuesday and got to buy a new car! For any of those who know my family, we have never had nice cars to say the least. Either they have dents, different colors and parts from other cars, gages that dont work, oil leaks, motors that squeal, doors that dont open...the list goes on. This is the first nice car I have ever driven that was mine! It has all the bells and whistles. Not to say that I am not grateful for always having a car when i lived with my parents, its just nice to have a nice one!
Since Tyson and I live in a basement apartment, we figured we wouldnt get very many trick or treaters, but we told a few kids in our ward if they came by we would give out King Size Candy Bars. Well I went to the store earlier during the day and picked up about 10 candy bars. I thought that would be enough but then we got a whole bunch of kids right in a row so Tyson ran to Wal-Mart to get more. It was so fun giving out the candy to the kids, there eyes just lit up when they saw the King Size.Well of course after that nobody else came! So we got stuck with about $15 dollars worth of Candy Bars! That is not good for Jaclyn...I love candy way to much to stay away from all that goodness.
A few weeks ago I took our cute little neighbor girl Brooke to "Color me Mine." I had never been before and it was so much fun! I wish I had some picture of us doing it together but my camera was lost then so you just get to see the after product. She did a little gravy pitcher and did opposite colors. They were so cute together as a pair I almost didnt want to give her her project. If anyone ever wants to go to "Color me Mine" with me..I am game. It was so fun!
AJ.......
And Ella......(Twins)
This last weekend I was going to have a slumber party with the Madison kids. I nannied for the Madisons about a year ago and it was their anniversary so they were going to take a weekend away and I got the stay with the litle ones! I was going to go stay thursday night through sunday. Well Amy called me and told me not to come until friday morning instead of thursday night. Then it turned into friday afternoon instead of morning, after their crazy morning with a dryer blowing out all the pilots in the house and leaving them with no hot water. So I came and took the kids to the park while John and Amy got their things together friday afternoon to head out. When we got back from the park, I thought I had given them enough time to get on the road. It was now about 4 PM and they were just leaving. Well finally when they left they got a call from Mya (who was having a sleepover of her own with her cousin that night) that she had a fever and an earake. They turned around and came back to take her to the doctors and were planning on just taking her with them on their getaway. Well about 2 hours later they came back and gave up on it all together. Well I guess this should be a lesson learned for me that when you have kids, you just dont get to do what you want to do anymore.But atleast I got to spend a day with my favorite little boys and girls! Sadly I didnt not get a picture of Mya...
Cute Face Kiesha
Kortni and her Soon to be Fiance....ooh la la
Tyson knows that when I take pictures I am going to blog them, so he makes retarted faces and wont look at the camera just because he knows how mad it makes me! Cant a girl ask for a few pictures every now and then. You can tell he is about to smile cause he knows how much he was annoying me! Oh and thats his hand on his chest, not mine in case you were wondering.
Here is Tyson Holding Ellodee. (I probably spelt that wrong) She was happy before I took the picture I swear. Dont worry babe, we dont need to worry about crying babies for along time!
I cant tell you how many GREAT things I have found at Ikea in the "as is" section. They have a small section by the checkout where returns and "damaged" things are taken. These pictures are usually $80 bucks and I got it for $19. (pretty much every piece of furniture in my house i got at abou 75% off) They frame on the back was broken and so the canvas looked a little warped, nothing a little nail and hammer couldnt fix. Actually it was quite the project but so worth it. I had to go to home depot and find some cheap wood and built this new frame for the picture to stretch over. I had to measure, hold the wood and nail at the same time. It only took me 2 trips to Home Depot to get the measurements right, but hey look at the final product!! Just call me Martha Stewart! :)
When my mom came a few weeks ago I took her to one of my favorite wholesale places and I picked out some stuff to make her some arrangments for her house. Well they are finally done, now I just have to find a way to ship them too you. I need a really big box!! P.S. what do you think mom?
Mom, Dan, and Brian were here for the weekend so we decided to break out a little Monopoly. Tyson and I used to play this all the time when we were dating with his roommates but its not very fun to play with two people. We actually played two games a row! Its the "Here and Now" version you play with Millions of dollars instead of hundreds. Its a little confusing to get used to the money at first. I know most people say they hate Monopoly but I dont think people give it a fair chance.... Really...Try it! P.S. Miss you already Mom!
We (or should I say I) finally got couches!! I was so sick of that stupid futon that was SO uncomfortable. Tyson was NOT happy about the purchase. He threw a FIT so say the least. I found these couches on KSL for $50 bucks!! I know, what a steal right? When I first asked Tyson if he could find a truck so I could go pick them up he said "we dont need flippin couches" Well I decided to find one on my own and getting them in our house was quite the fiasco. We both decided that whenever we move, one of us will go on vacation because we do not agree on moving and manuevring tactics to put it nicely. Everything worked out in the end and I could not be more happy with our couches and I am so glad we dont have a futon anymore! And I know you are too babe ;) 
Janelle, Me, and Amber
Its the Middle of August and today was the first day I had a few hours to lay out. I am so bummed summer is almost over and I am Still so white! I am NOT looking forward to winter
P.S. Okay so at first i could NOT tell what was in the corner of this picture. I thought it was like some guy in the distance without a head with his shirt off heading down the trail. It took me awhile to realize it was his friend walking in to the picture and thats his nose and sunglasses. But its more fun if you pretend his a headless shirtless man!
The View from the Top! A picture is good enough for me
On the back side there was still some snow and I guess crazy people actually slide down this into this glacier pond. While they were there today some guy went down and broke his leg and they had to life flight him out. At that point in the hike the boys were kind of wishing one of them had broken THEIR legs and could be life flighted out!
Just some goat along the way. Tyson said there were lots of goats up there just hanging out.
This weekend we went to Tysons Family Reunion in Lava
I could not believe how many people come to Lava to float down the river....It was packed.
Tyson and I after floating the river
We didnt actually go in the Hot Springs because it was like 100 degrees outside, but there they are. Maybe if we go back in the winter we can enjoy them. Apparently they are world famous!
Shellie, Jaclyn, Tyson, Kiesha, And Tysons cousin Iailey
